The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1907.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2131, 13 July 1907, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1907.

The services for to-morrow at &t Andrews’ Church arc advertised n this issue.

Nominations close to-day wtili Mr H. M. Porter for seats on the com mittee of the A. and P. Association.

At his Majesty’s Theatre to-night Air. Geo. Lauronson, Ai.H.R., for Lyttelton, will deliver an address on the land question.

A fortnightly assembly will be held at the Ormond Hall fortnightly, commencing on the 17th 8 p.m. sharp, doors open half past 7.* Tho Rev. C. Griffin’s subjects tomorrow at Wesley Church are, morning, “Parable of tlio Jew,” evening, “Sympathy.” Biblo class will be held in the afternoon.

Notice is given by advertisement in this issuo of those gentlemen whom subscriptions may bo paid to repay £l5O to tho Patriotic Committee m connection wtili the Cook Alemorial.

A boy of about 14 years of ago was arraigned at the Police Court yesterday afternoon on a. charge °f breaking and entering with intent to commit a crime. The case was adjourned till next Alonday.

The Rescue Annual in connection with the Salvation Army social work will he held at the Hall next Thursday night. His Worship the Mayor, Air. J. Townley, will bo in the chair. Quito a number of gentlemen have promised to be present.

Billiardists are assured of an interesting match this evening at tlio A T ictoria Billiard Saloon. Two local players of note will meet in competition i n the fourth round of tho Gisborne amateur championship tourney.

A crippled little lad who resides in North-East A r alley seems to be destined to misfortune (says the Otago “Daily Times”). Afficted from birth with a clul) foot, which ill cold weather gives him considerable pain,he was unwilling to go to school recently, and so a brother offered to carry him on his back. He consented, but they had not gone far before a fall resulted, and as a result a dislocation of a thigh occured.

The meetings all day to-morrow at the Salvation Army will be conducted by Brigadier Albiston of Wellington, who is the Salvation Army chief commanding officer for the North Island. The local corps are looking forward to having a good day’s meeting with their leader. At night the male choir, under their conductor, SergeantMajor Sawyer, will render one or two items. A hearty welcome is extended to all. The Brigadier will conduct a special open air meeting this evening. A full lirass band is expected.

One of the scouts despatched in advance of the Gisborne Rifles last evening has rather a sense of humor. When the recall was sounded he came back at the double, saluted the captain, and reported in stentorian tones: “Some suspicious characters on our right, siy. I saw several pairs sitting in the reserve. I don’t think sir, that they’re very dangerous.” Laughter broke out in the ranks—even the officers were observed to be audibly smiling—but the martial atmosphere forbids humor, and the captain sternly ordered “Silence !”

At the meeting of the Auckland City Council on Friday night a letter was received from the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Public Health, acknowledging receipt of the Council’s letter relating to the inspection of foods and beverages, and stating, in reply, that he quite recognised that better supervision than now obtained should take place. He had a Bill prepared dealing with the standardisation of foods and beverages, which, if it became law, would, be hoped, tend to reduce the practice of adulteration which undoubtedly now existed. As soon as the Bill was printed he would send the Council a copy. At his meeting at Pleasant Point last week Mr. Leadloy said that one feature of tho McNab Land Bill has apparently been overlooked by all who have spoken on the measure. . The point was that under the endowment proposals of the Bill the revenue derived from the endowments was to be annually voted by Parliament for the services for which it was intended, and as old age pensions was one of these services, it meant that tho pension scheme (the money for which now came out of the consolidated revenue) would have its sound and solid basis undermined, as they could not- tell what would happen to it if it had to como up for review every year when the annual appropriations were being made. Mr. Seddon, said Mr. Leadley, had never intended that this should be.

There is a quaintness in some of the letters sent by Maoris to the Truant Officer (Mr Small) to explain the absence of their children from school (says a Wanganui paper). One recently received comcnces :—“ Dear Mr Smak,”-—but whether this is merely an error or a cjuiet poke at the Truant Officer, it is hard to say—“l have received your letter saying that I have to pay' 10 a week for four weeks for the absence of (Pare) at school. I think there is no trouble for being absence, becauso 1 wrote to the teacher telling him that (Pare) is very .sick, and she not coming back to school for about two months. She the people where she stayed told me she had not oaten anything for two weeks, and she lias also been absence at school for a week. I came bach from the bush and her auntie told me about it, and I went to see her, and she began to cry to me. She can go back to school when she get better. The way she got sick, because she was very sory to us, and she is going back to school again because she is better now. I think you must not summon me for the absence of (Pare) because she could not go to school when she is sick'; besides I told the teacher, that’s why I say- there is no trouble. So good-bye for all the time.”

Thu member for .lliccarton says the Addington workshops aro tuinint out 'engines that aro far and aw y superior to anything recoivod f om England, Amorioa, or anywhoro else. An employe©, whoso weakly wago

was 18s was given a £1 by bis omployor. Ho hadn’t 2s, and ho wont out to change tlio note, but unfortunately lost it. Ho borrowed 2s from a friend and gave it to his employer. What was his total loss? Hus is t m puzzle that lias boon oxoiting Wanganui for Homo weeks. A gontloman who lias novor told a lie (or, at least, Ims never boon found out) assures the “liorald” that as a result already “two other lunatics from Wanganui have been sent to the Porirua Asylum, and that sovornl cases of assault and battery havo boon reported to tlio polico. Tho inspector of Nativo schools, Mr. William \V. Bird, in tho course ol a lengtliy roiiort to tho inspoctor-Oen-erai ol Schools, rotors in terms ot satlstaction to tho gonoral progress made by tho children in all branches ol worn during tho yoar. In concluding lus report, Mr. Bird says:—"it must bo evident to all who havo known tho nativo schools sinco tho oldon days, when tlio oducution of tho Maori was in its inlantcy, that tho swaddlingclothes havo for years been laid aside. Even since my own connection with tho sclioos, 1 am conscious ol tho tact that very great progress has been mado and that tho credit ol tins is duo to the teachers who, remote ironi tho comforts and advantages ol civilisation, pursue their duty with a loyal dovotion that is a credit to them. Erom tho nature of tho caso, it is necessary that tho poisons ill cliargo of nativo schools shall bo such as can bo rolied upon to carry out the work of thoir schools at all times, and, wliilo it would be futile to oxjioct that ovory teacher should possess tlio same dogroo of touching ability or show tho same efficiency in tho management of his school, tlioro is now no room in tho service for those' who may, by neglect of duty and unbecoming conduct, lower tho good name of the nativo school teachors as a whole and tho prestige of the department.